Please note: This is a 2-part series in Fresno State’s Spring OLLI program. Thursday, April 29 and Thursday, May 6, 1:30-3 both days. Advance registration is required.

As Fresno transitioned from a village to a town in the late 1800s, it attracted people who would accelerate the town’s development in interesting and different ways. You will meet merchants,, bankers, businessmen, and women who were attracted to the abundant opportunities Fresno offered.